Alcyon Reading Club Year Book 1939-1940

Name/Title

Alcyon Reading Club Year Book 1939-1940

Entry/Object ID

1975.34.4

Description

ACC. NO. 75.34.4 SUBJ. CATEGORY: CLUBS, ALCYON READING CLUB DATE OR PERIOD: 1939-40 OBJECT: YEAR BOOK DESCRIPTION: RED SOFT COVER BOOKLET, WITH EMBLEM OF OPEN BOOK ON COVER. SIZE: 6" X 4" HISTORY OF OBJECT: YEARLY PROGRAM FOR THE ALCYON READING CLUB, ALAMEDA. 1939-40 TOPICS OF COMING PROGRAMS, LECTURES, ETC. LIST OF PAST PRESIDENTS. THE CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN 1905 AS A CULTURAL, LITERARY AND SOCIAL GROUP OF LADIES, WITH MRS. L. W. STIDHAM AS THEIR FIRST PRESIDENT. IT WAS DISBANDED IN 1957 AFTER 52 YEARS OF EXISTENCE. ACQUIRED FROM: MR. BERT CARRINGTON DATE: DEC 13, 1975